Burgold Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Last night, they presented the awards for the 2021 Hugo Awards. For those who don't know, they're sort of the Oscars for the field of science fiction and fantasy. So, for genre writers and nerds they're a pretty big deal. The first award was presented in 1953, and together with the Nebula, it marks the highest acknowledgment an SFF writer can get. Yesterday, I (sort of) won one. What I mean by that is that I was on the team of story contributors beneath the winner. In February of 2020, Paul Weimer reached out to me and asked if I would help him on a project he was doing. He wanted an essay on what books a modern author would choose if they were teaching an Intro to Science Fiction/Fantasy class. I wasn't the only writer asked to do this, but I was excited when they included my submission and published it. It was the first work I did with Nerds of a Feather. So, yesterday when the editor thanked the writers, I felt thrilled. After all, I may not have been the captain of the boat, but I was one of the crew... and maybe they would not have gotten to this port without me. Here's me with the award! 10 1 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Congrats! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalhead Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Wow! Congrats! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Just out of curiosity, what stories did you recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share Posted December 19, 2021 Brian McClellan’s Sins of Empire (really fun epic fantasy) Jade City (a great bridge novel that combines elements of other genres. It’s The Godfather meets Sleeping Dragon, Crouching Tiger.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinking Skins Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Congrats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yohan Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Pretty cool. Congrats! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastMortal2 Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 That's amazing! Congrats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Amazing!!! Congrats dude. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySkinsFan Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Way cool! Congrats! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Congrats! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinsfan1311 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Outstanding!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfitzo53 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 You nerd! Way to go! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcl05 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 I probably pay more attention to the Hugos than any other awards, because they pretty much determine my fun reading list for the next year. Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted December 20, 2021 Author Share Posted December 20, 2021 8 minutes ago, bcl05 said: I probably pay more attention to the Hugos than any other awards, because they pretty much determine my fun reading list for the next year. Congratulations! Best novel was a really tough category. I really liked them all a lot with the possible exception of Harrow. For some reason, I just couldn't connect to it. Martha Wells winning best series and best novel was really cool. Apparently, she's had a really tough journey and almost quit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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